Harvard Business Review

MARCH 26, 2018

How working women are kept from positions of influence and power is by now well-documented by scientists and journalists alike. ” Famously, in 2013, Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook and a billionaire, published a book in which her advice for working women was to tell them to “lean in.”

Self-aware 10

Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Document Influence 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

Indeed, corporations like Kraft, consider role rotation standard for building well-rounded leaders , and actively invite promising line managers to take on staff jobs and the reverse. One senior leader at a professional services company, whom we’ll call Bronwyn, made the move from client-facing partner to chief operating officer.

Chief Operating Officer 8

Chief Operating Officer Supply Chain Finance Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2012

Presidential elections, the choice of a running mate can influence voter views of the candidate and shift the dialogue, as happened following Mitt Romney's naming of conservative budget-chopping congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential pick in the race for the White House. Unlike the U.S. Succession: Can you hand over power?

COO 16

COO Wireless Ryan Chief Operating Officer 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 15, 2011

A recent post by fellow HBR blogger Gill Corkindale illustrates how dysfunctional or outdated organizational designs can make it difficult for managers to operate effectively. Here are a few approaches that you can try: Work with the current structure: Managers love to reorganize when results are not what they need to be.

Chief Operating Officer 14

Chief Operating Officer Operations Strategy Proposal 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

In 2009 Tony Scibelli, Vice President of Human Resources and Operations at Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare learned that the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer were going to launch "relationship-based care," a comprehensive cultural change program to focus doctors' and nurses' attention on patients and their families.

Human Resources 15

Human Resources Chief Operating Officer Ulrich Operations 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2012

That’s according to an internal memo obtained by Ad Age, from McDonald's USA Chief Operating Officer Jim Johannesen, which reads: "Starting with Thanksgiving, ensure your restaurants are open throughout the holidays…our largest holiday opportunity as a system is Christmas Day.” After posting U.S. sales growth of 2.5%

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Chief Operating Officer Franchising Cooper Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2018

I saw this play out when debriefing with the Chief Operating Officer of a $20 billion global company. But many would also admit, if they were being honest, that letting go of being right is painful, and relinquishing their views to those of others feels like a loss of control and influence.

Emotional Intelligence 15

Emotional Intelligence Self-aware Chief Operating Officer Goleman 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. to help individuals feel they ‘owned’ their space, even though no one has a designated workspace and no one has a private office,” she explains. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it.

Chief Operating Officer 11

Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

It may seem odd to use a dystopian world as a model for an office workspace, but that’s just what Citi did. to help individuals feel they ‘owned’ their space, even though no one has a designated workspace and no one has a private office,” she explains. The workspace has to be carefully managed — as does the transition to it.

Chief Operating Officer 11

Chief Operating Officer Open-book Travel Diversity 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 27, 2017

In interviews, we heard that individuals with disabilities face deep stigma and bias (whether conscious or not) from colleagues and managers. Our research shows that the same inclusive leadership behaviors that leverage diversity to drive innovation and market growth can enable managers to support individuals with disabilities.

Compliance 8

Compliance Chief Operating Officer Innovation Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2013

Family businesses are defined by three overlapping domains of influence: the family, the owners, and the business. But often, managing the business gets short shrift. Their son-in-law (married to their eldest daughter) had recently been named chief operating officer. Grow sales and profits at double digit rates.

COO 8

COO Chief Operating Officer Strategic Planning Project 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 22, 2015

But conscious movements manage this tension and turn it into an opportunity. A good example here is Lean In, a conscious movement launched by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer. It often seems like these two types of power are completely incompatible.

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Chief Operating Officer Globalization Entrepreneur Power 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Hiring, managing performance, and firing. Learning to communicate well and to influence other people are essential skills in business. The Big Four are: The Chief Executive Officer: your inner Dreamer. The Chief Financial Officer: your inner Thinker. The Chief Operating Officer: your inner Warrior.

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Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Chief Executive Officer Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We began by discussing our life stories, the early events in our lives that helped shape and influence us. They gave me the encouragement to go back to Medtronic, where I had turned down three times the opportunity to become president and chief operating officer.

Open-book 9

Open-book Chemicals Chief Operating Officer Goleman 9